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DANVILLE — A correctional officer has been arrested for taking marijuana into the Vermilion County Jail, according to Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn.
Correctional officer Doug Maloney of Catlin was served a warrant Tuesday, Hartshorn said, and was later booked on preliminary charges of official misconduct and introducing contraband into a penal institution. He has not yet been arraigned in court on formal charges and was released on bond Tuesday.
Hartshorn added that Maloney has been fired from his job as a correctional officer at the jail, a position he has held for 11 years.
Hartshorn said Maloney’s supervisor reported some suspicious activity, and in early December, investigators with the sheriff’s office pursued the information and ultimately gathered evidence indicating Maloney had taken cannabis into the jail in return for money from an inmate.
According to Hartshorn, Maloney was bribed by the inmate, Jerome Rowell of Danville, and Rowell’s girlfriend, Esmeralda Cordova, also of Danville.
Hartshorn said Rowell and Cordova have been booked on preliminary charges of introducing contraband into a penal institution.
Hartshorn said it’s always disappointing when a person is in a position of trust and violates that trust with the sheriff’s department and the community.
“And we take these kinds of situations very seriously and have charged him with criminal charges and terminated his employment,” he said.
Correctional officer Doug Maloney of Catlin was served a warrant Tuesday, Hartshorn said, and was later booked on preliminary charges of official misconduct and introducing contraband into a penal institution. He has not yet been arraigned in court on formal charges and was released on bond Tuesday.
Hartshorn added that Maloney has been fired from his job as a correctional officer at the jail, a position he has held for 11 years.
Hartshorn said Maloney’s supervisor reported some suspicious activity, and in early December, investigators with the sheriff’s office pursued the information and ultimately gathered evidence indicating Maloney had taken cannabis into the jail in return for money from an inmate.
According to Hartshorn, Maloney was bribed by the inmate, Jerome Rowell of Danville, and Rowell’s girlfriend, Esmeralda Cordova, also of Danville.
Hartshorn said Rowell and Cordova have been booked on preliminary charges of introducing contraband into a penal institution.
Hartshorn said it’s always disappointing when a person is in a position of trust and violates that trust with the sheriff’s department and the community.
“And we take these kinds of situations very seriously and have charged him with criminal charges and terminated his employment,” he said.
